Combined stencil-plate and record-card.



shown, a card of the desired form and size, and having lines suitably ruled thereon, it desired, is placed in a stencil-cutting machine Withnthe rear side of the card uppermost, or theeard otherwise so disposed that the letters and characters composing the stencil shall be formed in the portion C as herein shown. The card is then laid upon stencil for addressing purposes at one end,

a perfectly legible impression of said stencil for filing and indexing purposes at the other end, and a portion of ample size for record purposes intermediate the two ends, the, larger part of the rear side of the card being also utilizable for records. When vlmail matter is to be sent out, the records on the cards are examined, and the desired cards selected from the file and placed in the addressing machine.

It Will be Vseen that by my invention a stencil plate and a record card of ample size are associated so that When the record isv found the stencil plate is at hand ready l for immediate use; that the record-bearing portion and the stencil-plate portion are provided with a perfectlylegible identifying portion; that there can be no discrepancy between the stencil and the identifying portion, since the name and address are printed directly from the stencil-plate portion; that the expense incident to the use of frainesis obiiated; and that a large number of the con'ibined record cards and steneil plates may be stored in a comparatively small space.

claim as my invention:

l. An integral combined record card and stencil plate comprising a paper sheet having an identifying portion at its upper end, a record-receiving portion intermediate its ends, and a stencil-plate portion at its lower end.

2. l combined record card and stencil plate formed wholly of flexible paper, one

end of the card haring openings therethrough forniing stencil characters, the card being capable o being flexed to bring said end into contact with the opposite end of the card, the intern'iediate portion ot the card being ruled to iecoii'e records.

3. A liexible card having in one end openings therethrough forming stencil characters, said end ot the card being adapted to be placed in contact with the opposite end of the card to permit of applying ink through said openings onto said opposite end, the space intermediate said ends on one side of the card being prepared to receive records, and the other side of the card exclusive of the portionbearing the stencil openings being also prepared to receive reeords.

In testimony whereof l aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLINTON D. PALMER.

Witnesses:

C. M. GANNON, C. L. Sonnnn. 

